We are sometime truly to see our life as positive, not negative, as made up of continuous willing, not of constraints and prohibition.

Unity, not uniformity, must be our aim. We attain unity only through variety. Differences must be integrated, not annihilated, not absorbed.

That is always our problem, not how to get control of people, but how all together we can get control of a situation.

Leadership is not defined by the exercise of power but by the capacity to increase the sense of power among those led. The most essential work of the leader is to create more leaders.

Management is the art of getting things done through people.

the best leaders try to train their followers themselves to become leaders. ... they wish to be leaders of leaders.

Part of the task of the leader is to make others participate in his leadership. The best leader knows how to make his followers actually feel power themselves, not merely acknowledge his power.

Coercive power is the curse of the universe, coactive power, the enrichment and advancement of every human soul.

In crowds we have unison, in groups harmony. We want the single voice but not the single note; that is the secret of the group.

We must face life as it is and understand that diversity is its most essential feature.

The best leader does not ask people to serve him, but the common end. The best leader has not followers, but men and women working with him.

[I] don't think I was trying to kill myself. I just wanted to hurt, and understand exactly whay I was hurting. This made sense: you cut, you felt pain, period.

One could call a master a good master because he did not whip his slaves, but ultimately he was still and owner of men, and men were not made to be owned.

Being in the country is like being in a dream—one doesn't quite know who one is. There is an anonymity to it all—that strange human creature that is me, one among all.

Something that looks like a protocol but does not accomplish a task is not a protocol—it’s a waste of time.

When something original works, then everyone wants to copy it. But if you're trying to do something that no one's ever seen before it's frightening.

Tinys do not deserve safety. If they are to prove themselves, they must suffer and die or suffer and survive.

In the mind of a woman, to give birth to a child is the short cut to omniscience.

To multiply your joy, count your blessings.

It's okay to be sad. Everyone gets sad now and then. Even me.

People who haven't experienced major setbacks sometimes feel that their hurts are somehow less legitimate or real.